Citizen Kane

The Auteur Theory

by Jon on July 25, 2011

Notes on the auteur theory, 2004   Auteur is French for author. The auteur theory is a way of reading and appraising films through the imprint of an auteur, usually meant to be the director.   André Bazin (1918-1958), the editor of France’s foremost film magazine, Cahiers du Cinéma, proclaimed Howard Hawks one of the [...]

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Essay – Classical Hollywood narrative

by Jon on July 25, 2011

Film Studies, 2004 essay question   Question: What do you understand by the term ‘Classical Hollywood narrative’?  How far does the narrative of any 1 or 2 of the films screened in weeks 1-8 of the module adhere to the accepted module of ‘classical Hollywood narrative’’?   Answer:  For this assignment I will be studying [...]

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